Alienware’s Aurora R16 RTX 4090 gaming pc line is back in stock today RTX 4090 might be discontinued, but Alienware’s got two prebuilt configs ready to go. Image credit:RPS Photo Composite / Alienware GeForce RTX 4090 might be yesterday’s flagship, but it’s still faster than nearly every GPU on the planet—unless you’ve somehow tracked down an RTX 5090 at MSRP, in which case, congratulations on your black-market wizardry. For everyone else, Alienware currently has the cleanest way to get a 4090 system right now without jumping through flaming eBay hoops....

All 46 Infinity Nikki Outfits and how to get them A full list of all the Outfits in Infinity Nikki Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Papergames Looking for a full list of all 46 Infinity Nikki Outfits? There are hundreds upon hundreds of different clothing items to collect and craft in Infinity Nikki , perhaps the most ambitious and high-quality open-world dress-up game we’ve come across. Many of these clothing items are parts of overall sets called Outfits , and with a total of 46 different full Outfits in the game, there’s no shortage of stats and challenges to sort through if you want to own them all....

All Hades 2 Animal Familiars and how to unlock them Here are all Animal Familiar options in Hades 2 and how to recruit them Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Supergiant Games Looking for Animal Familiars in Hades 2? Animal Familiars in Hades 2 are adorable companions that you can take with you on your travels through Erebus and beyond. These critters not only look cute but provide additional buffs and can help you gather Reagents....

Arcane season two gets a new, substantial trailer ahead of its November launch on Netflix These people should move to a nicer town The second season of animated show Arcane is due to arrive on Netflix this November. After an initial teaser trailer back in June , Netflix have now released a more substantial two-minute trailer that you can watch below. That looks like the beautifully animated melodrama I remember....

Assassin’s Creed Shadows: All recruitable allies How to call in support with allies in AC Shadows Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Ubisoft How do you recruit allies in Assassin’s Creed Shadows? Allies are an important force in Assassin’s Creed Shadows who will aid your cause to hunt down the Shinbakufu. There’s of course Tomiko, who first helps Naoe by giving her a hideout, and you’ll also have scouts to help you in your activities....

Atari 50’s already generous retro time capsule will add 39 new games in Expanded Edition this October Bringing the total number of games to over 150 Image credit:Atari/Digital Eclipse Atari 50 was already a fairly comprehensive offering of retro games spanning half a century, launching in late 2022 as a playable museum of sorts charting the classic publisher’s output across arcade machines, the 2600, 5200, 7800 and Jaguar home consoles, 8-bit computers and the Lynx handheld....

Baldur’s Gate 3 will add official mod tools this September, making it even easier to play dungeon master It’s already being tested via a closed alpha, with closed beta in July Image credit:Larian Studios/Dungeons & Souls Mods are to Baldur’s Gate 3 what butter is to bread, that unreadable squiggle-font is to death metal bands or wheels are to the bottom of trainers when you’re a kid: not necessarily essential, per se, but so harmonious and well-suited that they feel essential....

BDS calls for boycott of Microsoft and Xbox gaming products over alleged Israeli military connections Xbox now a “priority target” for Palestinian-led protest group Image credit:Microsoft/Rock Paper Shotgun The international Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement are calling on people to cancel Game Pass subscriptions, avoid Microsoft-owned video game properties such as Minecraft and Call Of Duty, and boycott all Microsoft Gaming and Xbox-branded products in protest at the company’s reported business connections with the Israeli military....

Best Dual Blades in Monster Hunter Wilds These are the best endgame Dual Blades in Wilds right now Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Capcom What are the best Dual Blades in Monster Hunter Wilds? The devilish Dual Blades offer the fastest attacks and most brain-melting combos of any weapon in Monster Hunter Wilds , making them perfect not only for consistent damage, but also proccing elemental status effects and ailments quicker than any other weapon class....

Best weapons in Where Winds Meet All 12 weapons ranked Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/NetEase Wondering what the best weapons are in Where Winds Meet? An excellent array of weapons exists for outfitting your wuxia warrior in Where Winds Meet, ranging from standard swords and spears to more unorthodox umbrellas and rope darts. Whether you’ve dreamt of gutting your enemies with spikes attached to a parasol or are searching for the right fan to unleash healing energy, there’s a lot of choice at your disposal....

Beware! Beware! The Witcher 4 beta scams! CD Projekt call out filthy playtest fraudsters Image credit:CD Projekt “Recently, we’ve been getting reports from some community members that they’ve been invited to a beta test of The Witcher 4 - this is a scam!” shrieks a social media post , like a cleric at the chapel door ushering the peasants inside. “We’ve been taking the necessary steps to take this fraudulent messaging down....

Big Hops, out today, is as delightful to play as it is to look at As opposed to Tiny Trots Image credit:Luckshot Games It feels quite fitting that a game like Big Hops released today, the day after Awesome Games Done Quick wrapped up, because this thing feels like it has a guaranteed spot in Summer Games Done Quick already. You’re a frog! Who hops around! What’s not to love? It helps that the platformer feels so good in motion, too....

BioShock 4 studio Cloud Chamber lay off staff, as ex-Diablo lead Rod Fergusson comes aboard 2K haven’t shared how many workers were let go Image credit:2K 2K have laid off an unspecified number of staff at Cloud Chamber , amid efforts to rework BioShock 4 . These cuts come at the same time former Diablo lead Rod Fergusson joins as Cloud Chamber’s new studio head, taking up the position recently vacated by Kelley Gilmore....

Birdcage is a stylish, tough, frenetic bullet hell “sword action shooting game” inspired by anime and ’90s arcade classics “World-Egg” Image credit:Polygon Bird Games For a myriad of reasons, I can’t really write any particular profane curse words here, but an approximation of my feelings on Birdcage , an anime as hell, “sword action shooting game”, it would be something like, “this game is so ******* sick, like what the ****, how the **** can one game be so ******* stylish....

Callum’s most anticipated games for 2026 More than a dash of horror Image credit:Tarsier Studios / Atlus / Edmund McMillen & Tyler Glaiel / Frictional Games As we cross out the final days of 2025 on our Treehouse calendar, we’ve allowed ourselves to look out at the encroaching mists of 2026. These are the games we hope will emerge from the fog . If I were the foreman of an game refinery, I might be dabbing my forehead in anticipation right now because there is a lot coming down the pipeline in 2026....

CD Projekt explain The Witcher 4’s reveal trailer: “Geralt could have said this about Ciri as well” It’s an “adaptation” of a planned questline Image credit:CD Projekt Red The Witcher 4 ’s moody and opulent announcement trailer is an “adaptation” of a planned quest from the forthcoming RPG, CD Projekt have confirmed, designed to show off both the “tough choices” in store and, more specifically, set new lead Ciri apart from previous protagonist Geralt by having her “mirror” another female character....

Chef RPG is a foodie Stardew Valley where you brew your own drinks and try to keep the critics happy Fry-nal fantasy Image credit:World 2 Studio Chef RPG is Stardew Valley but for restaurants instead of farms, the ‘plate’ side of the hypothetical ‘farm to plate’ bundle that Steam may one day sell. Even the set-up is similar to the farming game . You rock up all chef-like off the train, and you’re soon greeted by your guide Hazel, yet another Boba-clutching robot....

Choose between cyberpunk and magic in Zephon, the new 4X from the Warhammer 40,000 – Gladius devs Out today, has flesh trees Image credit:Proxy Studios Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics Of War developers Proxy Studios have just released Zephon, a new 4X strategy game set in a manky, post-apocalyptic world. It’s got hexagonal maps, flesh trees, gangly Evangelion-grade giants, “otherworldly hymns of decay”, nuclear bombs, and a player-led “blend of magic and cyberpunk” that extends from the city architecture to the research component....

Chrono Trigger meets Guitar Hero was not on my bingo card, but I’ll take it regardless Limit breakcore Image credit:Pracy Studios You’re dead at the start of rhythm-combat RPG Nocturne , just arrived in some sort of afterlife waiting room after the apparent extinction of humanity. You get your bearings, and you soon meet up with another, only slightly irritating, small child. His name is Kimothy, which sounds like something you’d only say as a joke to annoy friends named Kim, and then only once because it would be stupid to say it again....

Citizen Sleeper 2 still has “around a year of development left”, likely coming in 2025 Image credit:Fellow Traveller When we published our most anticipated games of 2024 list last month, eagle-eyed readers may have noticed that there was one notable absence: Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector . Don’t get me wrong - I’m still very much looking forward to continuing my journey through the Helion System in the follow-up to 2022’s exquisite sci-fi RPG , but when developer Jump Over The Age first announced it last June , I got the sense it would take quite a bit longer than the next 12 months to come out....